To ask you to admit doing the annoying things people on MN complain about?

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For an anonymous internet forum, it continually strikes me as odd that people very rarely admit to engaging in the problematic or annoying behaviours complained about on here - it's always someone else doing it, apparently. Whether it's hogging the middle lane on the motorway, having kids who are out of control in public places, being a noisy neighbour or not picking up dog poo, people on MN constantly complain about these things happening around them but if no one on here admits to doing it, who are all these offenders? For example, several people in my neighbourhood are leaving their dog's poo around constantly, but when this is brought up on here every single dog owner loudly exclaims that it it's these dog owners who give them a bad name, that they never go out walking without carrying several bags for good measure! Same with bad driving - people on here love calling out driving pet peeves, but surely at least some people on here are engaging in those very same behaviours e.g. tailgating, driving too slowly or bad parking, that everyone complains about?

Are people on here just squeaky clean or in denial? I admit it, I do hog the middle lane sometimes, there you go 😬

Oh and I don't have toilet hang ups. I use a loo brush, will poo in the nearest loo even at work, and have no problem with workmen or delivery drivers having a poo in mine.

I wear my shoes inside, and only take them off in others homes if specifically asked or is obvious, which is rare. Obviously there are exceptions eg wellies or muddy/dirty shoes.

I agree! One of the reasons why I will never have a dog though

We have a (remote) second home/holiday let.

Not ashamed, a homeless family member lives with us so it balances out.

Also guilty! 😂🔥

I cycle in the middle of the lane when there are cars parked along the curb. I’ve seen far too many videos of cyclists getting “car-doored” by dozy drivers and passengers to risk riding close enough, and if motorists can’t overtake me safely then they’ll have to wait until they can.

One person's "hogging the middle lane" is another person's "getting stuck in the middle lane because there are soo many lorries in the slow lane that I actually can't get in and out safely". Or that's my excuse. I also open the door to strangers, wear my shoes (and boots) indoors and don't have any children....

I prefer talking on the phone to WhatsApp or FaceTime/texts. I feel more of a connection.

I pretty much always answer the phone (have chain and spy hole to see who is there.

Am child free and on MN

i don’t have a high paid or important career or job, extremely talented nieces or nephews or other children to cheer.

I don’t have a close group of girls or other friends- am actually lonely.

I have had a lot of support from my DParents and maybe don’t stand on my own two feet enough.

I hate a lot of the stuff above about me rather than the confidence I see on a lot of NN even though they should not be shameful.

I can be a performance parent. I don't mean to and I don't think I'm that bad but yes, sometimes I catch myself.

I'm a non-driver and do get a lift once a week from someone who drives past the end of my road anyway. I always check she's OK to do it though, I never expect and I'll buy her a Christmas gift to thank her. I also suspect she'd have no issues refusing. 🤣

Winner

Oh and more basic MN toilet brushes, will be using a tumble dryer, don’t cook from scratch enough.

I don't change my bedlinen often enough - probably every 2 weeks - but, in my defence, I don't share a bed, eat in bed, or do anything sexual, so my bedlinen is not as dirty as it could be and is mainly my own filth. I also don't remind my kids often enough to wash their bed linen, so they stay on for varying times.

Middle lane (or outside lane) hoggers make me disproprtionately angry. I know it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it absolutely drives me up the wall. And it's not as though my own driving is perfect; I'm not very good at parallel parking and will avoid it wherever possible unless there's a massive space, and I can only parallel park on one side (the driver's side, which varies depending on whether I'm driving a left or right hand drive car). But, even knowing my own failings, I cannot stand poor lane discipline.

Oops. Meant to quote the Jack Monroe cookbook comment

@Iwantmyoldnameback @HerbErtlinger What am I missing, what’s wrong with a toilet brush?

Mumsnet gods, shield me from the wrath of non bog brushers

Fair 😂

I had my newborns in routines from the day I brought them home so I'd wake them to feed on time and soothe them without feeding if they woke early. They only ever woke once in the night and slept through from six weeks.
I didn't do gentle parenting, if I said, they did, no negotiation. Rule was keep mother happy by doing as you are told if you want to be happy.
I have loo brushes in both loos.
A chicken does one meal, the dog eats the rest.
If we are not on a pavement by the road, I walk the dog off lead.
I never minded if the dc were given sweets or treats by other people.
I didn't mind if grandparents wanted to take out just the older two dgc.

I sometimes park in the family spaces at the supermarket even if my kids are not with me.

The normal spaces are very tight - I have a relatively big car and don’t want to get my doors dented (any more than they already are!) by inconsiderate people who don’t open their doors carefully

I don’t change bed linen every week, or clothes every day. 4 loo brushes in my house. I’m also of the opinion my GP is a belligerent twat.

Yes my dogs pre-wash the dishes, up on the sofa's and on the beds.

Yuck

@GrinAndVomit other than that I am a pretty considerate person, don’t litter, donate to charity etc. it’s my only big vice, really 😁

I love driving (I even have a commercial Cat 1 license).

I drink A LOT of wine.

I wash towels when I remember.

Wind chimes are nice.

I like Nicola Sturgeon.

I love weddings, parties and hanging out with my colleagues in social situations.

My PILs are perfectly pleasant people that I get along well with.

I don't have children and post on MN.

I also use other people's bins eg if I have a crisp wrapper and am passing someone's black bin I'll put the tissue in it, instead of waiting for a street bin.

I see the opposite. Quite a lot of people tootling along at 50 or 60, often doing the same speed as inside lane. Then if you're the inside lane and want to overtake a lorry for example you need to move out by 2 lanes to overtake the middle lane hogger as well!

*packet, not tissue. Although I'd put a dirty tissue in too.

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